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When August rolls around, everyone is talking about going back to school. But I for one am not ready to abandon summer. So today I'm sharing a fast and easy embroidered watermelon hoop. You'll be able to finish it in a day and enjoy it a long while before the season changes.

Despite the fact that it may be a little off-season, when I suddenly thought about stitching a watermelon, I jumped on it. Consider it my way of preserving a little more of the summer. And you can join me!

Now, add detached chain stitch (single lazy daisies) watermelon seeds all around the face to fill in the hoop.

When the embroidery is done, finish off the back of the hoop however you want, and you're done!

The process of painting the hoop and waiting for it to dry between coats takes longer than the actual stitching. That's how fast this little project is! But it's a great way to hold onto a little bit of summer.

And you could use this same concept to make other kinds of embroidered fruits. For example, you could make a series of different types of melons. Or if you wanted to be a little more seasonal, paint the hoops in apple colors, then use an off white fabric and stitch just a few seeds along with the face. Try it!

4 comments:

Perfect timing. I'm putting together a little watermelon slice-no idea what I'm going to do with it-and plan to embroider the seeds. I hadn't really thought about it, but that little daisy stitch (is that what it is?) is perfect. That open space in the middle is just right for the white streak in a lot of watermelon seeds.Jan

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